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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
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PIR 10/1/10
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This group is intended to unite those who have loved ones with a PIR date of October 1st, 2010.
Location: USA
Members: 125
Latest Activity: Jul 30, 2013
THIS IS NOT ME YELLING...HOWEVER IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!
ANYTHING POSTED ON THIS FORUM IS PUBLIC! EVEN IN THE DISCUSSION FORUM ABOVE! UNLESS YOU EMAIL OR PRIVATE CHAT, THE INFO YOU SHARE ON THIS WEBSITE IS 100% VIEWABLE BY ANYONE! ON THE INTERNET, IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING RDC'S IN GL! I WILL DELETE POSTS CONTAINING NAMES OF SR'S, RDC'S, OR EVEN FAMILY OF SAID. IT IS IN EVERYONES BEST INTEREST AND SAFETY TO KEEP CERTAIN INFORMATION PRIVATE.
THANK YOU FOR YOU UNDERSTANDING AND ATTENTION!
With all that out of the way, I am thrilled to have access to the information, support, and friendship on N4M. I want to keep it safe for our SR's and families, and for future SR's and their families. Please read and respect the OPSEC guidlines posted on N4M's main page. These guidelines are a foundation for your SR and family now that he/she is just days away from becoming a United States Sailor.
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Started by Lauren - Sub Wife - Bangor, Wash. Last reply by USnavymom63 Jul 30, 2013. 28 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on September 1, 2010 at 1:01pm
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I have a question, Tiffany opened an account with Navy Federal, I received something for her in the mail last week. Will she get mail there as to deposits or here? And if someone doesn't mind me asking (you can private email me) approx how much did they make? Do they know they have a paycheck? This is FIRST very FIRST paycheck in her little life and I wanted to write to her and tell her LOL
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Comment by djloch (Zac's Mom) on September 1, 2010 at 12:08pm
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Hello Everyone: I see some got phone calls..Those are amazing aren't they and trust me those phone calls boost their moral 20times what it did for you. And I can agree with Dianne, BC is definitely a roller coaster and you will be able to look back over your letters and tell just how much of one it was to your recruit as you get later into BC. There will be homesick letters, frustrated letters, determined letters, and proud letters. The first two weeks are their hardest. And yes the RDCs will push them and push them hard but they dont want them to fail. We had some in our group that the RDCs ran with to help them pass their final PFA so try not to worry, they do want them to succeed. You just keep encouraging them. I sent some postcards of our home state to my sons division wishing them luck telling them their proud Navy Moms were behind them all the way, especially around BS21 time. Zac said they all loved those. Good Luck to all your recruits!!
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Comment by Elaine-PIR 10/1/10 on September 1, 2010 at 12:05pm
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diannep, You are so right. bonniern's SR's and my SR all said that if they could just get rid of the troublemaker(s) all would be good in their division. The RDC's probably get a little better once they see that the SR's are coming together. Still pushing but not yelling so much. More helping them to succeed. I wish there was some way to thank my SR's RDC for making him the new person he is becoming. Of course, that would mean 60-80 thank you's to read every 8 weeks or so. I hope I can maybe meet my SR's RDC at PIR, is that possible?
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Comment by diannep on September 1, 2010 at 11:53am
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Ladies: BC will get better and better now. You will notice that although there is still pressure to pass everything, they start seeing "the light" and really start reaching for the SAILOR title. The RDC's become the ones to push them harder and harder...even running with them if necessary. I think they start seeing the RDCs as on their side right about this time of bc and that makes a huge difference. And they ARE on their side, for sure! I have a feeling that the tone of the letters and phone calls now will be much more on the "positive" side for those who had been negative before.
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Elaine: I had the same experience you did with the "I love you." Mine also hadn't said it to me since he was a boy....even though I knew he DID love me. I always said it to him though, and he would just mumble like he didn't like that. But I gave it a try on our calls while at bc, and he said it back! Now not only does he say it back, he texts it back. He still doesn't say it first, but baby steps! They truly learn to appreciate family when gone....and what we mean to them (and them to us!).
On the tears when on the phone with our recruits, I didn't struggle with this much until the I'm a Sailor call. My son is very tuned into my emotional states HA!!...So I was SO sure he could tell I was crying and would tell me to STOP...well, if he could tell, he didn't say anything and I regained control pretty quickly! I will say...Navy BootCamp is one of the wildest emotional rollercoasters that I had ever experienced! How about you all?????
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Comment by louann0628(ship13div328) on September 1, 2010 at 10:51am
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Thats awesome Elaine. My son told me not to get too mushy on the phone cause he didn't want to cry again.
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louann, that first week or so in BC is hard. Homesickness, all these strange guys, being told when to breathe, and so on. My son's first letter was mostly gloom and doom but when I talked to him on Monday he said "It's not that bad". Face to face he hasn't said "I love you" since he was probably 10. It was the last thing he said to me before he hung up. Oh, geez, here come the tears. Have a great day and you should be getting a letter this week.
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Elaine..yes it does. his letters was so sad. I was so worried about him. But now that I know he is ok..life is good.
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louann, isn't it wonderful that just hearing that voice makes the world right again. At least for a little while.
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Comment by txsailorsam-Donna on September 1, 2010 at 9:08am
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My recruit left one week then my son and daughter-in-law left two weeks later with my grandson. The money spent around here has gone waaay down . I actually am not running out of tp. But it sure is quiet.
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